The FBI recently issued a Flash alert warning higher education institutions, k-12 schools, and seminaries about increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting the education industry....more
4/7/2021
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Cyber Crimes ,
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Educational Institutions ,
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Vulnerability Assessments
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The GEO Group Hit with Ransomware Attack -
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO), a publicly-held company located in Boca Raton, Florida, announced on November 3, 2020, that it is beginning to notify individuals...more
11/6/2020
/ California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Social Media
Criminals are apparently not taking any time off during this pandemic, and in fact by all accounts have increased their attacks, particularly targeting entities whose attention is diverted to dealing with the fallout of the...more
11/5/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Educational Institutions ,
Hackers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Remote Learning ,
Risk Management
HHS Targeted by Nation-State Hackers -
Evil doers know that the best time to attack is during a crisis or a time of vulnerability. As the United States, and specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more
3/20/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FERPA ,
Hackers ,
Personal Data ,
PHI ,
Scams ,
State Attorneys General ,
Telecommuting ,
Waivers
LockerGoga Ransomware Hits Manufacturer and Chemical Companies -
In the last two weeks, ransomware dubbed LockerGoga has attacked aluminum manufacturer Norsk Hydro, which announced that as a result of the attack, it had...more
4/2/2019
/ Apple ,
Credit Cards ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
DNA ,
Drones ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Genetic Materials ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Passwords ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware
Just before the new year, the Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS) released voluntary cybersecurity practices for health care organizations, which consists of a main document, two technical volumes, and resources...more
1/7/2019
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Wallets ,
Dispensaries ,
Drones ,
Educational Institutions ,
Hackers ,
Harassment ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Online Platforms ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Safety Inspections ,
Shell Oil ,
Title IX ,
Virtual Currency
Just days after the summit between the U.S. and North Korea, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security issued a warning about a malicious malware, a Trojan malware variant known as...more
6/26/2018
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Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Connected Cars ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Drones ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FBI ,
FCC ,
FERPA ,
Hackers ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
OCR ,
Risk Management
U.S. Estimates that Cyber Hacks Cost Up to $109 Billion in 20 -
The Council for Economic Advisors (CEA) issued a report this month, entitled “The Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy,” which concludes that...more
2/26/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Bitcoin ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Drones ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Malware ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Virtual Currency
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law the Cyber Civilian Corps Act, which established the Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps, dubbed MiC3. The corps has been in existence for three years but not statutorily deployed. ...more
11/10/2017
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Drones ,
Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
Elder Issues ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Malware ,
Opioid ,
Pain Management ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Ransomware ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Last month, Southern Oregon University (SOU) announced that it was the victim of a $1.9 million phishing scheme. SOU received an email purportedly from their contractor, Anderson Construction, requesting the April payment for...more
On Thursday, Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Commissioner John Koskinen testified that the personal data of up to a 100,000 taxpayers could have been compromised as a result of criminal use of the Free Application for...more
This year has been a busy year for education law in the area of data privacy. Educational institutions continue to be a rich target for hackers. Additionally, there were some important developments in the interpretation of...more
12/29/2016
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Colleges ,
Data Breach ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Emergency Alerts ,
FCC ,
FERPA ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Hiring Statistics ,
LGBTQ ,
Malware ,
Medical Records ,
Obama Administration ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Right to Privacy ,
Robocalling ,
Student Records ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Universities
Universities are an attractive target for hackers because they contain many access points in their networks, and the networks contain financial and personal data as well as intellectual property. Last summer, hackers breached...more